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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2616: A Golden Age of Popular Song

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 22, 2023 · Episode: 2616 When radio and singing met: The Golden Age of popular singing. Today, a time when popular singers really sang.

Tags 1940s 1950s Jo Stafford Lena Horne Patti Page radio singing technique voice production WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2876: The Scientists Speak

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 16, 2023 · Episode: 2876 In which engineers and scientists assess their work in 1945. Today, scientists speak as WW-II ends.

Tags atom bomb biology Edwin Hubble Edwin Land future prediction gas-filled light bulb helicopter Igor Sikorsky Irving Langmuir J. Robert Oppenheimer Polaroid T. S. Painter technology assessment Telescope The Scientists Speak Warren Weaver WW-II

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How CB radios became all the rage in the 1970s (good buddy)

Posted on September 11, 2023 · On this date 65 years ago, the FCC established what became known as citizens band -- or CB radio. We reflect on how it rose to immense popularity and the ways the radios are still in use today.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2812: Flying the Atlantic

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 2, 2023 · Episode: 2812 poised to begin transatlantic flight in 1938. How it came out in 1945. Today, we fly the Atlantic.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2787: Doolittle’s Raid

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 25, 2023 · Episode: 2787 Doolittle’s Tokyo raid: Much more than the mere gesture it seemed to be. Today, a costly gesture that may’ve saved America.

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